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Table 4 Missed injuries, NOM failures and non-therapeutic laparotomies

From: Abdominal injuries in a major Scandinavian trauma center – performance assessment over an 8 year period

 

Period 1

Period 2

p

 

n = 163

n = 296

 

Missed injuries (%)

9 (6)

13 (4)

0.65

Failure of NOM (%)

9 (6)

5 (2)

0.04

Non-therapeutic laparotomies (%)

51 (31)

80 (27)

0.33

  1. NOM: non-operative management.